On Sun, 2004-01-04 at 21:13, technomage wrote: > On Sunday 04 January 2004 08:52 pm, Craig White wrote: > > > > ---- > > change cables - sounds like you've got a cable with only 4 wires (cat 3) > > and you would need cat 5 (8 wires) - I remember this exact same thing > > happened to someone else. Windows doesn't always report the true nature > > of the connection. > > > > Craig > tried that..... > no dice. also, windows may not report, but the ftp client I was using was able > to get and put a 30 meg file in 6 seconds in windows. tried the same thing in > linux and get was 6 seconds but put was 14 minutes. > go figure.... > > --- try another hub/switch another NIC from Fry's is under $10 - you might want to try that Craig